we have noticed a new plague on internet forums. it's a series of bots which register themselves under an official sounding name (something'admin' and something'root') and then send a PM to a series of people containing a website link to a virus.

we are taking steps to counter the amount of this spam.

If you recieve such a PM, please delete it immediately and notify a moderator by PM or post in this thread.In your report, please provide the name of the user sending the spam, but don't copy the spam message (especially not the link they contain) to protect anyone from clicking the link by accident.

Spam sending from your computer was detected.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: *insert link*
If you do not pass this test* we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your ISP with attached log file (your IP address, etc.).

it didn't really help I'm afraid because the name of the person sending the PM was missing from the report, and because the forum automatically notifies you of a PM someone sends you so it indeed originates from our email address because that's the forum sending you a notification and not the actual spam message (PM).

I removed the above named account though and removed all PM's sent by this user.

Spam sending from your computer was detected.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: **************
If you do not pass this test* we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your ISP with attached log file (your IP address, etc.).